Category: Nature
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Re-Enchantment
The day dawned cold with a mix of sun and cloud. Now the late morning light is dimmed by a thickening overcast. Friday’s snow has melted as has most of the ice on the lakes and rivers, and we seem on the cusp of spring.
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Snow Day
After a few warm weeks we have snow. This is the third nor’easter in the past two weeks. Each time we have been on the periphery of the storm, yet we have managed to accrue several inches of sticky snow. It being now March, the snow usually melts away in a couple of days.
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Mediated
A snowy, sleety, rain-splattered sort of day more like late March than February. The birds, awaiting their turn at the feeder, call to one another between trees. There are fewer squirrels at the feeder as we finally resorted to purchasing some painfully hot pepper oil which Jennie added to the birdseed. The result has a…
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Thaw
The weather is turning warm again with some forecasts for temperatures next week to approach 60F. It is also likely to be a wet period, with rain instead of snow. Some forecasters fear the warmth might stretch on for several weeks. All of this portends flooding as we quickly lose our snow pack. The snow…
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